Below-ground interactions in dryland agroforestry

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 111, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 157-169

  Lehmann, Johannes ^a   Peter, Inka ^a   Steglich, Claudia ^b   Gebauer, Gerhard ^a   Huwe, Bernd ^a   Zech, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C; Acacia saligna; Agroforestry; Carbohydrates; Root distribution; Soil water depletion; Sorghum bicolor

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; ALLEY CROPPING; DRYLAND FARMING; INTERCROPPING; PRUNING;

KENYA;

EID: 0032495209     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00322-3     Document Type: Article

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